Floral Tributes On Roadsides?

In recent years I have noticed, sadly, many floral tributes, teddy bears, and even some wooden crosses, being laid at roadsides where a fatal accident has occured.I for one think it can serve as a warning to other motorist to take more care on the road. I can't recall this happening when I was younger.Do you think this is a modern way of people expressing their grief more openly? I have no problem with anyone doing this.I'm just curious to know what others think when they see flowers at the side of the road.I feel a tinge of sadness when I see flowers, and teddy bears that have been left in memory of a loved one.

Floral Tributes On Roadsides?
On one of the main roads into Portsmouth there is a full size headstone memorial! (3 foot Marble book with inscription)



It is a way of expressing and dealing with sudden loss which is a shock but it can be a bad idea - On a busy 3 lane road a man was trying to cross to get to the shop when he was killed, all because he couldn't be bothered to use the underpass a few yards along the road - so what do the relitives do for several months after? Dodge cars on the SAME road at the SAME spot to lay flowers there??????



Crazy.
Reply:i have done this for 4 of my friends and im only 21 it really does bring tears into my eyes knowing the pain that i went through thinking of the pain that the persons family and friends are going through
Reply:I think it's kind of distracting, but I understand that the grieving want to remember their loved one in the last place they were ever alive. There is this woman who lives about a mile away. Her 9 year old son was hit by a car and killed many years ago. She has a tribute site for him. She has pictures up of him with age progression done on them. Like his graduation picture etc. She also puts up banners and such for the football games as thou her son would be a sports fan. The problem is she really isn't getting on with her life....as painful as that may be. She just can't let him go...I really can't blame her. It's heart breaking.
Reply:I think its a really good and modern idea of remembering soneone who died whereever they died.



We do this at cemetery mostly but in Venezuela they actually put crosses all over the place by the orad and by the sea o show that someone has died there and when you see them the first thing you do is remember and thats a good thing.



Whit stone crosses wont work here because there will be some idiot who will fall over it, pee on it, vandalise it but flowers are okay.
Reply:I agree that they can be a distraction but they also are a way of expressing grief, they are a reminder to the rest of us to take care on the road they do the job I always check my speed when I see them I feel sad for the people that have lost someone. i think twice when driving.
Reply:Of course it is sad but this is not the place for remebrance or tribute.



It causes a distraction to other drivers and maybe it could even cause another fatal accident as drivers rubberneck.
Reply:I think that doing this can be a good warning to other people but all so can be a dangerous thing to do because people try looking while driving and then have a crash as well. I do feel sad when I see them but all so I think did they deserve to die because they were speeding or on the phone.
Reply:Whenever I see them by the roads, I always feel sadness and I start thinking about the family and friends and how they must feel. Then I get thinking it could have happened to me, as was the case in real life. I had an accident on the same road, same side of the road only 1 mile away from a fatal crash. My accident was in December and this other girl (similar age to me) had her fatal accident a month later. My boyfriend used to go to work on that same road every day and he said that every time he saw the floral tribute, he thought of me that this could well have been my floral tribute. Brings it home a bit, doesn't it?

In one particular case, I saw a floral tribue, which spelt out 'Dad'. Now that really made me very, very sad as my dad drives like a lunatic and he had many-many accidents in the past (almost fatal). Everybody should take care when driving, and think about other drivers who also have families and friends.
Reply:I'm from New Mexico and it is quite normal here and has been for 50 years or more. Some are just a little cross, others are very elaborate. Sometimes the family or friends update the memorial frequently. Around here it is not considered a distraction, because it is normal. It also is not necessarily on a roadway, I know of one placed deep in the mountains where a small plane crashed.
Reply:It is a modern exression of grief and it severs as a reminder to motorists to take care there
Reply:I moved from the Midwest to FL and have noticed it seems more prevalent here in the south. I think it serves two purposes but only guessing. One to memorialize their departed and two to remind people to drive safely. I am not sure it helps the aggressive drivers who usually the cause the issues but it certainly reminds me that regardless of what irate individual does to me driving and thinks they have to get their sooner than I what's important.
Reply:Not sure where it started, but I'm sure the yanks have something to do with it, they have tributes for waking up in the morning! I myself find them very distracting and my mind starts wondering if this particular road is hazardous and what should I be looking out for. It is a much more saddening site, when these tributes are left for months on end. If there ARE to be flowers etc., laid, I think they should be taken away after a short period of time.
Reply:I read somewhere that this is becoming policy in some local authority areas and in fact they are either going to put the mangled car or a photo of the scene there as well to educate other drivers....I think the floral tributes are a nice remembrance of a person, much like laying a wreath at sea....but not sure about the rest.

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